HeroesX v08 Office Hours 04 | Reading the Vase Paintings and the Iliad @KosmosSociety2024

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Discussion topics include: The significance of gaze direction in the ancient Greek vase painting, of owls, cows and initiatory visions of Athena and Hera, of a life-sized psūkhē of Patroklos in the Iliad and miniature versions on vases, of the epic directly addressing heroes.
Recorded in Fall 2017 during v8 of of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hour 7.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team.

HeroesX v08 Office Hours 04 | Reading the Vase Paintings and the Iliad

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